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New comment by wussboy in "Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S."

wussboy — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:25:56 +0000

I like this idea. You can use your phone but you have to go outside to do it.

New comment by wussboy in "Phone-free bars and restaurants on the rise across the U.S."

wussboy — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:24:56 +0000

Humans used to get on ships and sail away, perhaps never to be heard from again. We can absolutely survive several minutes of confusion around eating arrangements. "Text me when you get there." Let's all just calm down and live with a little uncertainty

New comment by wussboy in "Is BGP safe yet?"

wussboy — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:04:26 +0000

Why hasn't this happened?

New comment by wussboy in "Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act"

wussboy — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:24:53 +0000

Your kids not walking there has everything to do with street design. Check out Not Just Bikes on YouTube for why and how.

New comment by wussboy in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

wussboy — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:39:49 +0000

Not only am I sure there isn't one, I'm sure there will never be one. That might reduce profits for Amazon slightly.

New comment by wussboy in "The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ"

wussboy — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:05:19 +0000

The blend of classical and techno must come from the techno side. I remember many years ago listening to CBC Radio as they breathlessly talked about some avant garde classical piece that purported to blend classical and techno. It was a mid tier modern classical composition with occasional cheap synth sound effects. And this was ten years after Portishead released their entire first album, recorded with an orchestra, or all the work that Massive attack was doing.

New comment by wussboy in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

wussboy — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:11:42 +0000

I have not addressed it in the call, expecting the interviewee to just say "no I'm not!" I have asked my HR department to state clearly that any usage of AI during an interview is an instant fail, and I think I'm going to start my future interviews with the same.

I'm now leaning heavily on recommendations from existing resources as my preferred interview strategy

New comment by wussboy in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"

wussboy — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:43:49 +0000

I would argue the second instance (pandemic) was much more nearly what a good government should do than the first one

New comment by wussboy in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

wussboy — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:21:42 +0000

As an interviewer who does all his interviews himself, I experience this already. I'll ask questions and candidates will answer them reading from chat gpt output. It's very frustrating and clearly the start of an arms race that must end in requiring face to face interviews and on site employment

New comment by wussboy in "US blindsides states with surprise settlement in Live Nation/Ticketmaster trial"

wussboy — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:19:12 +0000

Any solution that requires a bunch of independent actors to go against their best interests will certainly fail. You need to find another option

New comment by wussboy in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

wussboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:14:46 +0000

Nobody claimed one size fits all. Nobody claimed you shouldn't be able to use a vehicle outside of the city.

New comment by wussboy in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

wussboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:13:53 +0000

Good lord it's like you've taken everything that's actually true and claimed the opposite.

New comment by wussboy in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

wussboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:22:43 +0000

If you’re not talking to anyone, you’re already a social outcast. In my mind the risk of saying something wrong is much less than the risk of being omitted through inaction.

New comment by wussboy in "How to talk to anyone and why you should"

wussboy — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:18:14 +0000

I agree. 95% of violence is committed by men aged 15-25. If you wanted to be extra sure, just avoid that very specific group. But in general, minute by minute, nobody wants to be violent.

New comment by wussboy in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

wussboy — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:46:06 +0000

Not Just Bikes makes a compelling argument that self driving cars are not the answer, and will almost certainly make things worse

New comment by wussboy in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

wussboy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:49:08 +0000

Politics is a complex topic. If you want to learn more, social media is not the way to do it. Well reasoned books and essays are. If you want to convince others of your positions, social media is not the way to do it. Personal relationships in real life are.

What's left?

New comment by wussboy in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

wussboy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:45:49 +0000

And the social media companies, who have essentially unlimited resources, would fight it tooth and nail

New comment by wussboy in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

wussboy — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:38:16 +0000

Sure you can. You can not post political things on social networks. They're not doing any good anyway. They're not changing anyone's mind. They're not providing depth or width to the discussion. I don't say this to be insulting, but rather a realist.

New comment by wussboy in "AI makes you boring"

wussboy — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:21:10 +0000

Most code will not kill people, but a lot of code could kill a business.

New comment by wussboy in "AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet"

wussboy — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:21:26 +0000

This is the fundamental problem. You know what you know, but the maintainer does not, and cannot possibly take the time to find out what every single PR authors knows before they accept it. AI breaks every part of the Web of trust that is foundational to knowing anything.